Chapter 4: JESUS

52) Is the Jesus of A Course
in Miracles the same Jesus written about in the Bible, and the same
person who walked the earth in Palestine two thousand years ago?

Yes, it is definitely the same Jesus
who appeared in the world two thousand years ago, with the same
message of truth -- in content obviously, not form. However,
it is extremely hard to believe that the Jesus of A Course in Miracles
is the same figure written about in the Bible, just as it would be difficult
to accept that the biblical Jesus resembles the truly historical one. This
is not the place to delve into issues of scripture scholarship and how
the gospels were written, but suffice it to state for our purposes here
that the figure found in the four gospels, as well as the teachings recorded
in the other books of the New Testament, are often diametrically opposed
to what we find in the Course. Rather than attempt a procrustean fit of
a round peg in a square hole, it seems much safer and intellectually honest
for students of A Course in Miracles to accept that the biblical
Jesus represents the collective projections of the various authors of the
gospels and epistles, while the voice and person of Jesus in A Course
in Miracles represents the ego-free being who lived and taught two
thousand years ago. In conclusion, the Jesus of the Bible and the Course
are mutually exclusive figures, with only the common name linking them
together.